Crossword-Solution: BIRI 4 letters, 6 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

First there is the _toro-toro_ of bubbling water; then the _biri-biri_, as what little remains passes as steam through the rice grains.

Vulg.--_Azafrán de la tierra_, Sp.; _Biri_, _Kasubha_, _Katsumba_, _Lago_, Tag.; _Kasabba_, Vis.; _Kasubha_, _Kastumba_, Pam.; _Bastard Saffron_, _Dyer's Safflower_, Eng.

This, however, did not seem to annoy her in the least: when the lady spoke of her love affairs, Boris spoke of her own; when the Countess sighed deeply, Boho Biri sighed still deeper; if the Countess described her injuries or her bitter fate in prose, Biri illustrated hers in verse; and when the Countess, overcome by her emotions, fainted away on a sofa, Boho Biri fainted on another, and always remained full half an hour longer in her swoon than the lady herself.

Boho Biri struck an accord on her guitar, and raising herself on the tips of her toes, she answered, with dignified composure: "Two fools are one too many in one house!" COMORN.

The Basques have, of course, their etymology, some saying that the real root is _Biri_, an elevation, while others prefer _Bierri enac_, the “two countries,” which, separated by the range, were ruled by Tubal; but when Spaniards once begin with Tubal, the best plan is to shut the book.